Physician in the Loop: Family Medicine

Stopping statins in adults 70 and older met noninferiority in the STREAM trial, published Nov. 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine, but left more patients with cardiovascular events or death. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2027 physician fee schedule on Nov. 4, cutting the conversion factor 2.31% for clinicians outside qualifying payment models. An unvaccinated infant in Lewis County died of measles, New York's first measles death in 30 years.Read this week's roundup and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specialties/family-medicine/2026-11-01/Get this roundup by email, freeThe voices on this episode are generated by AI, and so is the script, from the week's specialty roundup at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the roundup links to its source.

Using an AI tool that drafts replies to patient portal messages was associated with a 29.5% reduction in turnaround time, a JAMA Network Open study of 1,542 clinicians found.A federal judge blocked a Medicaid limit on the work requirement's medical frailty exemption, an mRNA respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine showed 60.3% effectiveness in veterans and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) eased compounding of six peptides.Read this week's roundup and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specialties/family-medicine/2026-10-25/Get this roundup by email, freeThe voices on this episode are generated by AI, and so is the script, from the week's specialty roundup at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the roundup links to its source.

A cluster randomized trial at 22 primary care practices found that an electronic health record decision support tool modestly reduced falls among older adults, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. A JAMA study of the OpenEvidence AI platform found family physicians submit a higher-than-average share of queries, and a survey found 63.1% of adults would wait for a clinician-reviewed answer to a medical portal message rather than take a fast AI reply.Read this week's roundup and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specialties/family-medicine/2026-10-11/Get this roundup by email, freeThe voices on this episode are generated by AI, and so is the script, from the week's specialty roundup at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the roundup links to its source.

A study of 9,755,547 test results published Sept. 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine found fasting duration was associated with differences beyond analytical performance specifications for only a few analytes, including glucose and triglycerides. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) said Sept. 30 that family physicians should get equal consideration for hospitalist jobs. Other studies examined prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in older veterans and rehabilitation after knee ligament surgery.Read this week's roundup and its sources: https://physicianintheloop.org/specialties/family-medicine/2026-09-28/The voices on this episode are generated by AI, and so is the script, from the week's specialty roundup at Physician in the Loop. Every fact in the roundup links to its source.